ACTOR

Arthur Kennedy

1914 - 1990

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John Arthur Kennedy (February 17, 1914 – January 5, 1990) was an American stage and film actor known for his versatility in supporting film roles and his ability to create "an exceptional honesty and naturalness on stage", especially in the original casts of Arthur Miller plays on Broadway. He won the 1949 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for Miller's Death of a Salesman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Kennedy has received more than 821,445 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Arthur Kennedy is the 1,173rd most popular actor (up from 1,492nd in 2019), the 2,022nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,569th in 2019) and the 547th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 820k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Arthur Kennedies by language

Over the past year Arthur Kennedy has had the most page views in the with 132,481 views, followed by German (20,815), and Italian (20,683). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (416.38%), Finnish (94.51%), and Russian (93.23%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Arthur Kennedy ranks 1,173 out of 13,578. Before him are François Périer, Thomas Mitchell, Yevgeny Leonov, Olympia Dukakis, Jessica Alba, and Suzanne Somers. After him are Katharine Ross, Teri Hatcher, Christine Kaufmann, Lucy Lawless, Ashton Kutcher, and Irene Cara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Arthur Kennedy ranks 83. Before him are Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Pietro Germi, Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, Nicolas de Staël, Yakov Zeldovich, and Demetrios I of Constantinople. After him are Martin Gardner, Richard Basehart, Bernard Malamud, Ferenc Fricsay, Edmund Conen, and Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy. Among people deceased in 1990, Arthur Kennedy ranks 63. Before him are Edward A. Murphy Jr., Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Stewart Bell, Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Jim Henson, and Tadeusz Kantor. After him are Samuel Noah Kramer, Lewis Mumford, Nicola Abbagnano, Samuel Doe, Dexter Gordon, and Edmund Conen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arthur Kennedy ranks 2,022 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Tilden (1893), Olympia Dukakis (1931), Bob Saget (1956), Jessica Alba (1981), Woody Guthrie (1912), and Suzanne Somers (1946). After him are Katharine Ross (1940), Solomon Burke (1936), Gabe Newell (1962), Elijah Muhammad (1897), Teri Hatcher (1964), and Ira Levin (1929).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Arthur Kennedy ranks 547. Before him are James Avery (1945), Jennifer Garner (1972), Thomas Mitchell (1892), Olympia Dukakis (1931), Jessica Alba (1981), and Suzanne Somers (1946). After him are Katharine Ross (1940), Teri Hatcher (1964), Ashton Kutcher (1978), Irene Cara (1959), Brittany Murphy (1977), and Eleanor Parker (1922).

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Television and Movie Roles

Murder She Said
Paul Quimper
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
Sep 26o 19617.268 / 10
The Man from Laramie
Vic Hansbro
Will Lockhart arrives in Coronado, an isolated town in New Mexico, in search of someone who sells rifles to the Apache tribe, finding himself unwillingly drawn into the convoluted life of a local ranching family whose members seem to have a lot to hide.
Aug 19o 19557.148 / 10
Lawrence of Arabia
Jackson Bentley
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
Dec 11o 19628 / 10